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Croy Hill

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Altar (Roman)

Site Name Croy Hill

Classification Altar (Roman)

Canmore ID 45876

Site Number NS77NW 11

NGR NS 7348 7640

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Croy Hill, NS77NW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto
Croy Hill, NS77NW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoCroy Hill, NS77NW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council North Lanarkshire
  • Parish Cumbernauld
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS77NW 11 7348 7640.

(NS 7348 7640) Roman Altar found AD 1913 (NAT)

OS 6" map (1968)

A small rough, Roman altar, measuring 1'1 3/4" x 7 3/4", was found in 1913 rather less than 100 yds S of Croy Hill fort. It was donated to the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, with the small base on which it had stood. It was dedicated to Mars, and its inscription reads: "MAR(T)I. CDB.VS".

G Macdonald 1934; F Haverfield 1913

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